They will gradually start allowing things from mid-april, but keep the 2M rules in shops etc. Then control the curve by relaxing to restricting as needed. To control the curve only takes 2-3 weeks, we see evidence of this from Italy, south korea, china.

We will see a slight relaxation mid April with a week by week relax. They do NOT want to push it into winter by relaxing too much. Also once people have tested to show they've had it, they will be able to go about as normal I suspect. Mass testing will be available by the end of the 3 weeks.

I've also heard that we will be in lockdown for 6 months! The economy is finished and everyone will be out of work! Also nobody will be allowed to have physical contact or go out to places ever again because this pandemic could last forever! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT! MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM LONELINESS THAN FROM THE VIRUS!

I've also heard that we will be in lockdown for 6 months! The economy is finished and everyone will be out of work! Also nobody will be allowed to have physical contact or go out to places ever again because this pandemic could last forever! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT! MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM LONELINESS THAN FROM THE VIRUS!

The only prediction I will make is that the first hot sunny day and people will decide they've had enough and leave their houses in droves.

Yes indeed. After more than a couple of weeks of this people will rapidly get fed up and civil disobedience will begin. If this so called ‘lockdown’ persists for months and it’s a hot summer then there will be major trouble on the streets. Ultimately society will just do as it pleases.

They will gradually start allowing things from mid-april, but keep the 2M rules in shops etc. Then control the curve by relaxing to restricting as needed. To control the curve only takes 2-3 weeks, we see evidence of this from Italy, south korea, china.

We will see a slight relaxation mid April with a week by week relax. They do NOT want to push it into winter by relaxing too much. Also once people have tested to show they've had it, they will be able to go about as normal I suspect. Mass testing will be available by the end of the 3 weeks.

Have you any professional expertise to back up what you are saying or are you just regurgitating stuff you’ve read online?

We have a total of 1 reference point for this, Wuhan in China. They went into lockdown in mid January and are just coming out of it now. Anyone expecting April is in la la land, we've got another 2 weeks of increases in death rate before we see any gradual decline based on the limited data points we've seen elsewhere. End of May is my bet.

I think we will be in lockdown until Christmas. There will be no jobs, money will become worthless and savings will be wiped out, so there won't be any great parties when we come out, few pubs or restaurants, just decades of severe food rationing with no decent quality of life. People simply won't stick to the rules that long and eventually the masses will revolt. I think the future for the UK is very bleak indeed..

May. Mid April will be when we’re at the peak so that’s too soon. Going beyond May would be pointless because people will feel too restricted by then and will break the lockdown on mass.

If this drags on into May(which it probably will) or worst still into June and beyond, then these restrictions and the accompanying shutdown will seriously start effecting the nations mental health. We can't see our friends and family. We can't socialize in person. We can't goto leisure activities such as gyms, spas, yoga classes, etc. We can't enjoy days out for leisure purposes. We can't goto the cinema, theatre, concerts. We can't goto festivals.We can't go away on holidays/short breaks or even just weekends away. Theres a lot of things we cant do!We can't really enjoy life properly as were just stuck in all the time apart from just being allowed to go out to get shopping essentials and a daily run/jog/walk! Life is not fun like this! It will drive many people mad.

And if this goes into the summer months and the temperature really starts warming up, many will want to go and sunbathe in the nations parks and beaches. But they're not allowed to!!

May. Mid April will be when we’re at the peak so that’s too soon. Going beyond May would be pointless because people will feel too restricted by then and will break the lockdown on mass.

If this drags on into May(which it probably will) or worst still into June and beyond, then these restrictions and the accompanying shutdown will seriously start effecting the nations mental health. We can't see our friends and family. We can't socialize in person. We can't goto leisure activities such as gyms, spas, yoga classes, etc. We can't enjoy days out for leisure purposes. We can't goto the cinema, theatre, concerts. We can't goto festivals.We can't go away on holidays/short breaks or even just weekends away. Theres a lot of things we cant do!We can't really enjoy life properly as were just stuck in all the time apart from just being allowed to go out to get shopping essentials and a daily run/jog/walk! Life is not fun like this! It will drive many people mad.

And if this goes into the summer months and the temperature really starts warming up, many will want to go and sunbathe in the nations parks and beaches. But they're not allowed to!!

Yip, and as I've said previously. Couples who don't live together aren't to see each other. Boyfriends and girlfriends not seeing each other for months on just isn't realistic.

We all get the reasons for it and everyone really should be complying but if a lockdown goes in to months rather than weeks then folk won't be as compliant as they should.

Tbf the government are in a very difficult position balancing the health needs of the nation with the economic need aswell as.our social needs. They can't drag it on anymore than is absolutely necessary. This talk of 12-18 months is just a non starter. Thered be untold civil unrest if folk were restricted that long.

My hunch is we will get another 3 weeks after this 3 then see a relaxation in movement but probably longer than that before we see pubs etc open again

What we need to do as a matter of ungency is to wipe out all endangered species regarded as either food or medicine, so that primitive idiots will no longer have any animal parts to traffic around the world and spread diseases.